Accuracies of genomic breeding values in American Angus beef cattle using K-means clustering for cross-validation

Table 8 Estimates of heritability and genetic correlations between traits and their respective DGV

Trait	$h_{D G V}^{2}$	$h_{T}^{2}$	r _g(DGV,T)
Birth weight	0.87 ± 0.03	0.37 ± 0.03	0.58 ± 0.03
Calving ease direct	0.83 ± 0.03	0.11 ± 0.01	0.64 ± 0.03
Calving ease maternal	0.95 ± 0.02	0.03 ± 0.01	0.67 ± 0.06
Carcass weight	0.84 ± 0.03	0.16 ± 0.03	0.80 ± 0.06
Docility	0.75 ± 0.04	0.34 ± 0.04	0.15 ± 0.06
Fat thickness	0.85 ± 0.03	0.20 ± 0.02	0.68 ± 0.05
Marbling	0.86 ± 0.02	0.32 ± 0.02	0.73 ± 0.05
Maternal weaning weight	0.86 ± 0.03	0.09 ± 0.01	0.41 ± 0.04
Mature height	0.89 ± 0.04	0.69 ± 0.04	0.34 ± 0.06
Mature weight	0.84 ± 0.04	0.34 ± 0.04	0.41 ± 0.06
Rib eye muscle area	0.90 ± 0.02	0.41 ± 0.03	0.73 ± 0.04
Scrotal circumference	0.82 ± 0.03	0.24 ± 0.03	0.68 ± 0.04
Weaning weight	0.81 ± 0.03	0.14 ± 0.01	0.49 ± 0.03
Yearling height	0.93 ± 0.02	0.40 ± 0.03	0.45 ± 0.04
Yearling weight	0.84 ± 0.03	0.39 ± 0.03	0.56 ± 0.03

Heritability of $DGV (h_{D G V}^{2} \pm SE)$ , heritability of traits $(h_{T}^{2} \pm SE)$ and genetic correlations between traits and their respective DGV(r_g(DGV,T)± SE) estimated from bivariate animal models

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